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Stephen Baker

Camden Police Department · 2 records · 2022, 2023

Suspended 5 daysmost recent record, 2023 · as reported

Baker has 2 sustained major discipline records from Camden PD, spanning 2022 to 2023. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Absence from Duty; Absence from Duty.

Discipline timeline, 2022 to 2023

AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.

2 records, 2022 to 2023

Major discipline records reported for Stephen Baker, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20221Suspension
20231Suspension
  • Suspension

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2023[1]

Suspended 5 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

On July 26, 2023, Sergeant Stephen Baker was absent without leave, arriving for his scheduled tour of duty and leaving without first obtaining authorization from a superior officer to use time off. The conduct also violated a suspension held in abeyance that remained in effect for a previous absence without leave. The Camden PD charged Baker with absence from duty and obedience to laws and regulations, and he received a 7-day fine and a 5-day suspension without pay held in abeyance.

Rank as reported
Sergeant (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Absence from Duty
Other sanction
Monetary fine or loss of pay
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On July 26, 2023, Sergeant Baker was absent without leave. He arrived for his scheduled tour of duty and left without first requesting and receiving authorization from a superior officer to utilize time off to leave early. Furthermore, he was in violation of a suspension held in abeyance still in effect for previously being absent without leave. Sergeant Baker was charged with administrative violations of Absence from Duty and Obedience to Laws and Regulations (Holiday/Vacation Leave Policy). Sergeant Baker received a 7 day fine and a 5 day suspension without pay held in abeyance.

Major discipline · 2022[2]

Suspended 10 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

In 2022, Sergeant Stephen Baker was absent without leave for his scheduled tour of duty, according to the Camden PD. The record listed absence from duty as the sustained charge and provided only a brief synopsis. Baker received a suspension of 10 days.

Rank as reported
Sergeant (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Absence from Duty
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Sgt. Baker was absent without leave for his scheduled tour of duty.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Colleen Doyle · Camden Police Department · 2023

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Omari Clark · Camden Police Department · 2023

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Prohibited Activity on Duty

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Vincenzo Dolce · Camden Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): 3:1.9 - Insubordination 3:1.33 - Respect 3:1.12 - Conduct Toward Employees

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Rashshaan McGruder · Camden Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 7 days

    Sustained charge(s): 3:1.1 - Standards of Conduct 3:1.10- Obedience to Laws and Regulations 3:2.21 - All Other Conduct

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Alex Smith · Camden Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): 3:1.10 - Obedience to Laws & Regulations - Sick Leave Policy

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Camden Police Department

44 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 44 at the Camden Police Department page

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Stephen Baker's major discipline record?

Baker has 2 sustained major discipline records from Camden PD, spanning 2022 to 2023. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Absence from Duty; Absence from Duty.

What is Stephen Baker's major discipline record at Camden Police Department?

Stephen Baker has 2 major discipline records at Camden Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022, 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

How large is Camden Police Department, the department Stephen Baker worked for?

Camden Police Department reported 359 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Stephen Baker individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1599. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2123. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  3. [3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1599. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 1599, 2123.
  4. [4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8241. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.